Mine detail: Orange Phelps Iron Mine

Previously called 'Orange Phelps Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.7083, -73.20371

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite, Limonite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Weathering Residual
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Dunham Formation
Host type:Dolomite

References

MRDSW033677
DEP10089820
Reference{Deposit:: HITCHCOCK, E. ET AL, 1861, GEOLOGIC MAP OF VERMONT; IN, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT, CLAREMONT MFG. CO., CLAREMONT, NH., VOL. 2.}{Deposit:: STONE, S.W. AND DENNIS, J.G., 1964, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MILTON QUADRANGLE, VERMONT. VGS BULLETIN NO. 26.}{Deposit:: Stone, S.W. And Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Milton Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 26, 79 P.Stone, S.W. And Dennis, J.G., 1964, The Geology Of The Milton Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin 26, 79 P.}{Deposit:: Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.Hitchcock, E. (With Sons And Albert Hager), 1861, Report On The Geology Of Vermont; 2 Volumes: Claremont Mfg. Co., Claremont, New Hampshire, 988 P.}
ReporterMcBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff